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Practical Planning
Practical Planning
The following online resources will assist you with finding information for your future planning project. Some of the resources consist of reviews and opinions and should be used in conjunction with those resources that present objective information and facts. Read the information that accompanies each resource link before using.
The following online resources will assist you with finding information for your future planning project. Some of the resources consist of reviews and opinions and should be used in conjunction with those resources that present objective information and facts. Read the information that accompanies each resource link before using.
Area and Occupation Information
Area and Occupation Information
City-Data.com provides interesting data curated from multiple reputable sources. Data that can be researched on this site includes employment, housing, crime, health, demographic, and a variety of other data of local interest.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a reliable source of objective information about a wide variety of occupations. It provides detailed information about specific jobs including a job summary, work environment, education and/or training required, median income (with high and low income projections, as well), projected growth rate of employment in that field, and state & area data for specific occupations. This is an excellent resource to use for this project.
Link to thousands of state agencies as well as city and county governments. These are official websites that provide valuable, information and data specific to your area of interest for this project.
StreetAdvisor provides reviews of cities, neighborhoods, and streets by local area experts. It also links directly to Zillow, a real estate website, if you want to research home listings in that area.
House, Condo, and Apartment Listings
Search for rental properties by location or point of interest.
Redfin is a comprehensive real estate search tool. Search by city, zip code, address, agent, area, or listing agent. A search produces an interactive map of all listings in the defined area. An individual listing is accompanied by detailed information, pictures, and a street view option.
Miscellaneous Helpful Resources
Miscellaneous Helpful Resources
Find information about public transportation options. Select the state link and scroll to find the link associated with your area of research interest.
Search Google Maps for a specific location of interest (city, street, address, etc.). These maps offer a street view of the area searched. This is very helpful when you are interested in a particular house, for example, and you want to see what the street or neighborhood looks like.
Citation Help
Citation Help
This is a free citation generator. Remember to double-check citations using the Purdue or Excelsior OWL sites, or another reliable reference, as these are not always 100% accurate.
This is another free citation generator and informational resource.
The Excelsior OWL is a comprehensive writing resource that will provide assistance to students as they complete research writing assignments. There is a comprehensive, instructional citation module included.
Take note of the Interactive Online Resources - lots of citation practice here!
The Purdue OWL is another comprehensive research and writing resource that also includes a citation generator and detailed help for creating a variety of citations in various formats.
Create free citations using Son of Citation Machine. Again - double-check the citations against another reliable resource.
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